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WQH. WILSON. Necktie or Gravat Supporter. No. 240,295. Patented April 19,1881.

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N PET PNOTO-UTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON- D. C

UNITED STATES WILLIAM H. WILSON,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

N ECKT| E OR'CRAVAT SUPPO RTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,295, dated April 19, 1881.

Application filed August 25, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENRY WIL- SON, of New York city, in the county and State of New York,ha\-*einvented an I Inproved Necktie or Oravat Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved necktie or cravat supporter. Fig. 2 is a sectional perspective view of the same, showing it on a shirt-collar holding a cravat. Fig. 3 is afront view of the cravat held by said supporter.

This invention relates to a new attachment to shirt-studs and stand-up collars,for properly holding cravats in position.

It consists of a plate adapted to fit over the stud or button, and provided with two upwardly and then downwardly projecting hooks, one at or near each end, as hereinafter described.

A in the drawings is a curved plate of sheet metal or other material, the curve being such as will permit its convenient application to the neck of a person. This plate has a notch, a, in its lower edge, at the middle, and two hooks, b b, at or near the ends. Each of these books extends first upward and then downward, forming two spacesto wit, the space 0 between each hook and the plate A and the space (1 between the two folds of the hook.

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For use, this plate A is placed over the shirt stud or button f and under the stand-up collar g, which collar rests in the space 0, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the plate A will be between the neckband h and the collar g, as shown in Fig. 2. By this means the plate A is held properly in position and prevented from tilting, and holds the two downwardly-projecting prongs of the hooks outside of the collar. The necktie t is lapped under these prongs and placed into the spaces (1, and then tied between the two hooks, as shown. The hooks hold the necktie properly in position and prevent its slipping up, especially on a standing collar.

The construction of the plate A, with its hooks, may vary; but I prefer to make it in one piece with the hooks, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, in which case I first strike it out with the material for the hooks and then bend the latter into the form shown.

I claim-- A necktie-holder constructed of the plate A, having notch a, and of the upwardly and then downwardly projecting hooks b 1), substantially as described.

\VILLIAM H. WILSON.

Witnesses:

WILLY G. E. SCHULTZ, WM. H. 0. SMITH. 

